Combination shade and drapery fixture.



C. L. FITCHET.

COMBINATION SHADE AND DRAPERY F IXTUBE, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1914. RENEWED MAR. 21, 1911.

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C. L. FITCHET.

COMBINATION SHADE AND DBAPERY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2.1914. RENEWED MAR. 27. 1917. 1,244,305, Patented 23, 1917. 2 SH SHEET 2.

CHARLES 'LEE FITCHET,

OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINATION SHADE AND DRAPERY FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Get. 23, 1917- Application filed November 2, 1914, Serial No. 869,810. Renewed March 27, 1917. Serial No. 157,858.

To all who amt may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES LEE Frrome'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Combination Shade and Drapery Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hinged shade and drapery holder, which may be used'on windows, doorsand other places, and which will permit the shade and drapery to be swung to one side or the other of the window or door, thus facilitating the cleaning thereof, and also making it possible to get the light from any angle. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide a shade and drapery holder of this type which may be positioned without using a chair or stepladder, and which may be operated conveniently by a person while standing on the floor.

Another and no less important object 01' the invention is to provide a combined shade and drapery fixture, which is preeminently practical and which may be cheaply manufactured and quickly assembled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figurel is an inside elevation of a window, showing my fixture in one of its em- I bodiments appliedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. ,1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view throughthe fixture, on line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view showing by solid linesthe fixture in one position, and by dotted lines, the fixture in two other positions which it mayassume, on line 4-4, Fig. 1. a

Fig. 5 isa side elevation of a slightly different form of the fixture fromv that shown inFig. 1. f Q I Fig. 6 is a view of another modification, showing a fixture adapted to, be'secured' to the inside edge of the casing. p

Fig. 7 is an inside elevation of a drapery fixture with section. Fig. 8 is an edge elevation of a stationary bracket constructed so as to hold a fixture to a sash.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates an entirety a window having a window casing 2 and a sash 3. In the preferred embodiment of my in vention, I employ two stationary brackets which are rigidly secured to they window casing, and which are formed with vertical openings in their free terminals. Each stationary bracket hingedly and detachably supports a swinging bracket and these brackets are designated 6 and 7. The brackets 6 and 7 are identical in construction with the exception that the parts are reversed so that they will go together in pairs and because of this similarity, a description of one,

ing 17 alined with the openings 10 and 12,

and the-hinged rodll is of such length as to project through the opening 17 while in its elevated position. The swinging bracket is attached to the stationary bracket by placing the head of the stationary bracket between the upper end of the barrel and the ear 16, and then: running the hinged rod through the head and ear. 7

The barrel is cast with a longitudinal eX- ternal web or extension 18 of rectangular shape, and this projection 18 is formed on its inner side with a shade roller socket 19.

An il -shaped arm 20, lyingin a. horizontal plane, and projecting away from the win dow. casing is cast on the outside ,of-vthe web or projection 18 as best shown in Fig. 4 and the drapery supporting rods in i free end recessed adjacent its inner for a purpose to its i edge to form a shoulder 21 be hereinafter set forth.

A. second L-shaped arm 22 is detachahly connected to the outside of the eb or extension 18 preferably by means of screws 23 shown in dotted lines in Fig. at. although it will, of course, be understood that any suitable fastening means may be employed.

Draperies, such as lace cuitain's,'portieres and tne like, are strung on rods 2% and these rods are arranged in pairs as best shown in Fig. 4L and connected to end pieces 25 by screws or other suitable fasteners and said end pieces are preferably connected to the arnis'QO and of the brackets 6 and 'i' screws 26 as shown. The shoulders 21 prevent the end pieces 5 fronitiirninn'.

The sliaderoller 2?, best shown in Fig. 2, is supported by the sockets 19 and '28 and the shade 29 runs over a roller 30 supported between the Webs 18. Guide pins 31 hold a shade properlt in contact With the roller 30 and also prevent the shade being wrinkled.

After the curtains have been strung on the rods 2%, said rods being arranged in pairs as before stated and spaced by the washers 2d, the rods are connected to the bracket arrns and then the fixture is raised into "position for attachi'nent to the station arjz brackets by means of the lift rods 32 which are threaded at their upper ends into'engageinent with-enlargements The hinge pins 11 have connected to their lower ends flexible members 3%- Which'may be either'cords as her'e shoiim or chains. l Yhen the fixture is slipped over the headset the stationary brackets the hinge pins ar'ereleased and then'spring into eperativeposition to hold the fixture firmly to the stationary brackets. Now if it is desired to swing the curtain to one side 'otfthe windo 'ir one of the'hinge pins is pnlleddownwardly to release'one'ofthe swinging brackets and then *the fixture my be turned about the other hinge pin. ltwill be understood that the lift rods may be-rn'ade oi any length deeiredand that insteadof iising'ilez'iible incinhe'rs 84 the *hin' e pins-may be lengthened sofas to be easily "grasped by a person standenhancer. 7

in Fig. 5 I have-showna slightly modified rem "of "stationary bracket 35 which makes it possible to attach the swinging brackets 36fte the inner sideedg esof the casing 52. The bracket 36 is substantially similar to the brackets "6 and? previously dscribed and hence will not be described in detail. this modificationI'hai e show" only one air of drapery supporting rods 37f butit-wi1loi coiirse be understood that as inanyfof "theserods "as 'desired'iriay be as. 1

pery supporting recs are connected at their ends to end pieces 09 which fit between the head 4. 0 and barre 41 of thebracket and which are "formed with openings for the hinge rod 4L2. The lift rods i i in this iforin of my invention are connected to the end pieces 39. p

IF 7 shows still another for :ure and the only diii'erence b form and that shown in 6 is to be found 1 the shape of the end piece id. The form I 7 is especially adapted for racket to hold drapery therein'o'f in'y fixetween this bracket is; as wide are "to lashed to a indicated by the nubracket oro'ectin between the barrel and ear of the second mentioned bracket and'the hinge pin passing through the opening thereof.

A combined shade and drapery support, comprising a pair of'hrackets adapted to he rigidly'secured to a support, a pair of brackets hingec ly and detachablysecured to the first mentioned brackets, means for indiridualiy disconnecting the second mentioned brackets from the'fir'st mentioned brackets, and i'ods'co'nnectingg the second mentioned brackets. I V

3. A combined shade and drapery holder, comprising a pair of bracketsjrigidly secured to a simportingmember, a pair 'ot brackets reniov'abiy and hing'e'dly connected to the first mentioned brackets, m'ea'ns formed on the second mentioned brackets "to supper-ta sl1ade'r'oll'er,'ancl rods connecting the second mentioned brackets, said rods being adaptedto s pportdmper A drapery fixture, comprisi a support to detachahly and hingedly :conneeteach e. .d er drapery support to i the support,

an'dto'detac'h either endo'f'the draa horizontal "draper support, 'nieansdetachably and hingedly secure the brackcts to a support, and means to detach each bracket to allow the rod to be swung from either side to the other of the support to which it is attached.

6. The combination with a stationary bracket having an opening extending therethrough, of a rotatable and bodily movable bracket, a spring-pressed hinge pin carried 1. by said bracket and projecting through the opening formed in the stationary bracket to connect said brackets to one another, and a flexible operating element connected With said pin.

7. In a drapery fixture, the combination with stationary brackets having apertures therethrough, of brackets, a rod connecting said second brackets, spring-pressed hinge pins carried by said second brackets and projecting through the apertures in the first brackets to detachably and hingedly connect the first and second brackets, flexible operating elements secured to and depending from the hinge pins, and lift rods secured to and depending from the second brackets.

In testimonyv whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Wheeling, W. Va., this 31st day of October, 1914.

CHARLES LEE FITCHET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

